Predicting the Booker International Longlist

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[@curioushmm9027]

i'm glad yo ended on a light note! so so much talent in this world..we are so lucky.

[@AdyGrafovna]

Oh I didn’t realize Kibogo was eligible! I loved it though!

[@lindysmagpiereads]

I second the recommendation for Ædnan: a beautiful, complex family saga written in such spare prose that it’s like scraps carried by the wind. I haven’t read any of the others on your list and so many of them sound good! I suppose I am most drawn to Before the Queen Falls Asleep.

[@AnnNovella]

Sounds like something for me.

[@inarticulable]

I appreciate the sincerity of your description of The Dear Ones, you really captured the gravity and importance of the issue. FYI, it's Moldova, not Moldovia😅

[@lorimiller854]

Can’t wait to see what you pick to read and review. You Dreamed of Empires is on my TBR.

[@stalkingkafka]

Fantastic list of books Scott! I want to read the book club pick but I fear I am so overcommitted now - having some serious FOMO on that one. Really looking to this long list (and not being able to get any of the books on it 😝)

[@emiliesbookishthoughts]

The accuracy on your comment about the short time between longlist and shortlist. Why are they hurting us?

[@TKTalksBooks]

Coetzee recommends : I read

[@ianp9086]

That’s at least 13 essential books, even if the judges pick none of them! I do love this prize and kind on envy the judges having to read 150 translated books to arrive at their longlist.

[@debrahills8148]

Great predictions! I’m impressed with the judges this year and looking forward to the Longlist!

[@janethansen9612]

Going on a bit of a tangent, but did you see the Stella longlist this year includes a translated fiction title Hospital by Sanya Rushdie. Just interesting.

[@AnnNovella]

Was just planning to read My Men. Don’t forget Mohamed Mbougar Sarr. Need to read My Work.

[@AnnNovella]

I honestly think you’ve got at least 5-6 books right.

[@madeubook]

Awesome list! I’m still in the process of editing my prediction video but we only have two of the same picks. Although I love the Women’s Prize, the International Booker is so much harder to guess and I love it for that! All the books that you predicted sound like books I want to read. And I’m not going to lie, I would even read a book about a malignant tuna as long as it was a translated piece of fiction.

[@emiliesbookishthoughts]

My Men sounds fantastic!!! I will have to look that one up.

[@BookishTexan]

Why! Why does every prize have to begin in March?!?! Happy to see Kibogo on your list 🐟

[@TheLeniverse]

I know, right?! I mean, the regular Booker doesn't but I care much less about that. At least the Orwell Prizes wait until late May, but then they only give us 3-4 weeks to read, because apparently all prizes must be awarded in the month June 🙄

[@stalkingkafka]

There is the Carol Shields List this week too!

[@CharlieBrookReads]

Aednan sounds like such a me book plus it’s on Everand. I need to read it!! Great picks as always although now I have even more books on my radar 😅 I am sure how many of the Booker International I will get to but I am always curious to see what makes it. 📚

[@illustratorsam]

I read pink slime late last year and LOVED it. Doubt it’ll be longlisted, but it fits the “parenthood” theme in a way.

[@laurab2572]

Yiur list is outstanding, there are brilliant books. But in my case I'd like to mention The singularity by Balsam Karam. I love how the writer style and the way to write about the feeling that a person experiences when a beloved person is missing.

[@TheLeniverse]

I'm not going to try to predict anything here. I'd be happy with this list. Or, maybe not happy exactly because some of them look pretty hard on the emotional state 😅 But after watching a @RoroReads review I'm really curious about The Most Secret Memory of Men by Mohamed Mbougar Sarr - translated from French by Lara Vergnaud. I'd like to see that on the longlist because it would make it more likely that I'll get around to reading it 😂

[@charlottemolloy]

I didn't like the singularity when I read it last month. Isn't memorable. Fragmented. No love for the characters. Not for me.

[@spexi513]

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